Fortis wrote:
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As an alternative costing approach, perhaps we could introduce a rule that pairs of scout titans in E:A must always be combined into a single formation.
Um... That doesn't acknowledge the fact that a single warhound is worth 275 and that a pair is worth 500.
Well it is a halfway house to a cap on warhounds by reducing the number of Warhound formations. It is worth noting that no-one takes pairs of warhounds (or Ferals for that matter) because as has been noted above, they are much more effective as single unit formations.
The 275 per singleton was introduced to recognise this, though personally I am not conviced it succeeds, hence the suggestion that where more than one scout titan is fielded, they must be paired. This would still allow the single Warhound + Reaver combination that has gained popularity since the Reaver upgraded stats were introduced, and the reduction in Warhound formations would make the support for Marines more reasonable. (I might add that if this rule was adopted, it might allow the Eldar to field a singleton Reaver at 350 points while retaining the Reaver pair at 650).
Note I would suggest retaining the 275 cost or even increasing it, because in a straight comparison with imperial SHT for example, the Warhound is faster, more durable and has better firepower. The Shadowsword is only better at range in a titan killer role due to the Volcano cannon, while the Baneblade is generally inferior to the Shadowsword.
Can anyone remember why singleton Warhounds were permitted in the first place, because they have always been 'overpowered' as such, (and the Chaos Feral titans have only reinforced this view)?
